France
1945
190 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
French
141
Poetic realism reaches sublime heights with Children of Paradise (Les enfants du paradis), the ineffably witty tale of a woman loved by four different men. Deftly entwining theater, literature, music, and design, director Marcel Carné and screenwriter Jacques Prévert resurrect the tumultuous world of nineteenth-century Paris, teeming with hucksters and aristocrats, thieves and courtesans, pimps and seers.
| Garance | Arletty |
| Baptiste Deburau | Jean-Louis Barrault |
| Fréderick Lemaître | Pierre Brasseur |
| Lacenaire | Pierre Renoir |
| Jéricho | Marcel Herrand |
| Nathalie | María Casares |
| Count Edouard de Montray | Louis Salou |
| Director | Marcel Carné |
| Screenplay | Jacques Prévert |
| Producer | Raymond Borderie |
| Music | Joseph Kosma and Maurice Thiriet |
| Editing | Henri Rust and Madeleine Bonin |
| Costumes | Antoine Mayo |
| Production Design | Alexandre Trauner |
| Cinematography | Roger Hubert |
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